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(No Model.)

T. J. LINDSAY. FIRE BSGAPE.

No. 538,615. Patented Apr. 30. 1895.

Ti5 1 I J O Y P 0 TIT-5- 4 WITNEESES INVENTEIR 1 Jim. .5 MW M 7 [9 a 43Cami 7 r A'T'i'EIRNLY THOMAS J. LINDSAY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM F. MORROW, OF SAME PLACE.

Fl RE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,615, dated April30, 1895.

Application filed February 14:, 1895. Serial No. 538,347. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: other section, (1. At its center this crossrod Be it known that I, THOMAS J. LINDSAY, a has an eye, h, to which thelowering cord or citizen of the United States, residing at Balrope, 2',is made fast. timore, in the State of Maryland, have in- It will be seenthat the cross rod,f, is so en- 5 vented certain'new and usefulImprovements gaged with the two jointed hoop-sections that inFire-Escapes, of which the following is a when suspended from thelowering rope it is specification. impossible for the said jointed hoopto fold on This invention relates to a portable fire ts joi ts, escape,for use in private residences and ho- The clip or saddle, J, setsastride of the win- 1o tels and which is adapted to be foldedcomdow-sill K, and has an eye, Z, with which 011- pactly so as to occupybut little space and adgages the link or eye, m, of a pulley-block, n,mit of being carried with wearing apparel in and the rope, 2', passesover the pulley in this an ordinary traveling trunk. block.

The invention is illustrated in the accom- It will be seen that thebasket or cage, A, 15 panying drawings,in whichmay, at the outset, bequite close to the win- Figure l is an elevation showing a sectiondow-sill and thus render it comparatively easy of a wall of a house andillustrating the imfor a person in the window to take position in provedfire-escape as itappears when attached the basket, and when once in thebasket the to a window-sill. Fig. 2 is a view, on a large person maylower himself by paying out the 20 scale, of the adjustable clip orsaddle for winrope Which is coiled in the basketdow-sills. Fig. 3 showsthe outside jointed The clip or saddle, J, may be an integral prong ofthe clip or saddle. Fig. 4 is a view piece having two p g 0, 2 as in gofa clip or saddle for the window-sill, in which t may be, and by.preference is, both jointed the prongs are rigid. and adjustable, as inFig.2. The form shown 25 The fire escape comprisesa folding basket inthis figure has the outer prong, 0, connected or cage; an improved clipor saddle to take with the top or saddle bar bya knuckle-joint, astrideof a window sill; and a pulley and q, to enable it to fold and takeposition parcord connecting between the said basket and ailel with saidtop or saddle bar. This latter the saddle. has a down-curved eye, Z,which serves two pur- 0 The basket or cage, A, is made of cottonposes,first, as a stop for the pivoted prong,

duck or other suitable flexible material. It is 0, and limits itsoutward movement, and, secslightly tapering, being smaller at thebottom, 0nd, for the attachment of the link or eye, m, and pieces ofthin board, b, may be placed in of the pulley-block. The prong, p, whichtakes the basket upon the bottom and serve for a on the inner side ofthe window sill, is made 8 3 5 person to stand on. The top edge of thisbasadjustable on the top or saddle bar. This ket has attached to it ajointed hoop, C. The prong has at its upper end a slot, 7', through hoopis made in two sections, d, d, united at which the said top bar passesloosely 0 ydiametrical points by knuckle joints, e, placed The top barhas a number of holes, 8, and a with the knuckle or stop part, 6', ofthe pin,t, passed down into any one of sai holes 0 joint upward. By thisconstruction the two enables the prong, p, to be set or adjustedsections, d, d, of the hoop may tilt at the cenalong the top bar tosuitor fit on walls inter and both sections turn down toward the dewsills of different thicknesses. bottom of the basket, but cannot tiltfrom To fold up this fire escape and put it the the center upward. Arod, f, extends diamost compact form,tl1e cross-rod, f, of the bas- 5metrically across the top of the basket in a ket hasits end unhooked,thetop hoop is folded transverse direction with respect to the two on thejoints, e, and then the flexible basket joints, e, and the ends of thecross rod conis closely folded. The clip or saddle has the nect with orengage the two hoop-sections,d, inner prong, p, slipped off and theouter prong, d. This rod,f, has one end jointed or hinged, 0, folded.These parts are then laid with the no 50 as at f, to one section, (1,and the other end folded basket and coiled rope.

has a hook, f which engages an eye, g, on the Instead of a cross-rod, f,connecting the two hoop-sections at points which are on a line in atransverse direction with respect tothe said two joints, it is obviousthe lowering rope itself may be so connected to the two sections, 0r aseparate piece of rope or chain may extend across.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fire escape, the combination of a-saddle having two prongs toset astride of a window-sill and provided with an eye for attachment ofa pulley; abasketcomposedof flexible material; a hoop made in twosections united by a knuckle joint with the stop part of the jointupward-said hoop attached to the has joint upward -said hoop attached tothe basket; and a rod extending diametrically across the top of thebasket in a transverse direction with respect to said joints and the twoends of said rod engaged with the two hoop-sections.

3. Ina fire escape, the combination of a folding adjustable saddle barto-sit horizontally upon a window sill, an outer prong, 0, adapted toengage the outer side of the sill and jointed to the outer end of thesaddle bar so as to fold parallel with the under side of said bar,another prong, q, to engage the inner side of the sill and having a slotthrough which the saddle bar is adjustable, and a clown-curved eye alsoon the outer end of the bar and serving as a stop to limit the outwardswing of said jointed prong; a pulley block suspended from said'eye; abasket; and a lowering rope passed over the pulley and attached to thebasket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS J. LINDSAY.

VVitn'esses:

O. CALVERT Hmns, CHAS. B. MANN, J 1'.

